{
    "term": "hazy",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "not clear because of haze",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **hazy afternoon/sky**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**hazy light/sunshine**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The mountains were hazy in the distance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The room was hazy with smoke."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The summers were hazy with pollution."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There will be a dry start to the day with some hazy sunshine in the east."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Weather"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "look", "become"],
                "adverb": ["very", "a little", "rather"],
                "preposition": ["with"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "not clear because of a lack of memory, understanding or detail",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **hazy memory/idea**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The dividing line is somewhat hazy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What happened next is all very hazy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I have only a very hazy idea about how the economy works."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "vague",
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become", "get"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["about"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "uncertain or confused about something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'm a little hazy about what to do next."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm a bit hazy about my family history."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm still slightly hazy about the details of what happened."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become", "get"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["about"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈheɪzi/",
                "audio": "ha/hazy/hazy__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈheɪzi/",
                "audio": "ha/hazy/hazy__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 17th cent. (in nautical use in the sense ‘foggy’): of unknown origin."
}